Ribbon-clip.



A. L. KAHN.

RIBBON CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAE.12,1909.

Patented May 24, 1910.

nramvzrs ALEXANDER L. KAI-IN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIBBON-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Application filed March 12, 1909. Serial No. 482,909.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER L. KAHN, of the city of New York, boroughof Manhattan, and State of New York, have inillustrated, A is a bolt orroll of fabric, which in Fig. 1, is shown as wound upon a strip ofcardboard or the like designated at A. The layers of the ribbon arerepresented in vented certain new and useful Improvements 1 Figs. 1 and2 by A and the loose ends in Ribbon-Clips, of which the following isthereof by A a full, clear, and eXact specification, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to clips for securing the ends of rolls of ribbonand the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an economical, convenient anddurable clip or guard for securing the loose ends of tape, woven labels,ribbons, bindings, trimmings and the like and thereby preventing therolls, bolts or other packages of the fabric from becoming unwound.

lVoven labels, for example, are delivered to the user in ribbon form inbolts, which are wound about a strip of cardboard or the like, and alsoin circular rolls, and the user is often subjected to considerableinconvenience and loss of time by reason of the outer layers of thematerial becoming loosened and the whole package becoming unwound andtangled, when use is made of it and often such materials therebybecoming soiled and unfit for use. The same is true in the use of rollsof tape, ribbons, bindings, trimmings, etc. By the use of my device allsuch inconven ience, loss of time and damage will be avoided.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide such a device whichwill not only serve the purpose mentioned but will facilitate theconvenient and rapid unwinding of any desired length of the article towhich it is applied, while holding the remainder of the article securelyin its place in the package.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a device whichshall be applicable for use with packages of material put up in manydifferent forms.

Other objects more or less ancillary to the above will appear from thefollowing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my deviceapplied to a bolt of woven labels, tape or similar fabric in the form ofa continuous ribbon; Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing it applied to acircular roll of fabric; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my invention;Fig. 4: is a cross section.

My device in whole is designated at B.

In the preferred form of my invention I construct the entire device ofmetal and in large part of flexible wire, and on referring to Fig. 3 itwill be seen that it is formed of a continuous wire which is worked intothe desired shape by any suitable mechanism. As thus formed it comprisesa central bar B, formed of two strands of wire twisted about themselvesat one end as shown, and at the other end formed with an eye BSubstantially parallel with the central bar B are side barsC C", whichare connected to the central bar B by the end portions D D and 1) D theend portions D I) being formed with hooks E E for ready engagement anddisengagement with the eye B It will be seen that the central bar B,when the tape or ribbon, beneath which it is placed, is pulled tight, isdrawn down on the roll or bolt and therewith the side bars C C are drawndown to bear against and clamp the outer layers of the fabric againstthe inner layers. In constructing the device therefore the central bar Bshould lie either in the same horizontal plane with the side bars orslightly above, for if the central bar is below the side bars to anyappreciable extent this clamping will not be so effective.

One of the side bars C, I provide with an oblong strip F, formed ofmetal or other suitable material, which is hingedly connected as at Fwith the side bar, so that it may be turned into difierent positions, asshown in Fig. 4:. The upper corners of the strip F may be rounded asshown in order to avoid fraying the fabric. The strip F serves as ahandle with which to grasp the device when unwinding and winding theribbon, and also as a plate upon which may be placed any desired words,such as the name of the manufacturer or user of the fabric, or the name,quality or grade of the fabric.

The operation of the device will be readily apparent: When it is desiredto attach the device to the bolt or roll of ribbon, the hooks E E aredetached from the eye B and the central bar B is inserted Referring indetail to the construction l endwise under the second or adjoining layerof the ribbon as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The side bar C is thenattached over the inner layer of the ribbon by the hook E to the eye BThe outer layer, or end, of the ribbon is then inserted into the spacebetween the side bar G and the central bar B whereupon the hook E isfastened to the eye B This done, the ribbon may be stripped or reeledoil by grasping the handle plate F and pulling'the loose end A, to anyextent and as rapidly as may be desired, and when the required lengthhas been detached from the bolt or roll, the clip may be brought back tothe loose end and clamped by pulling tight the end A, and therewith theinner layer, whereby the fabric of the entire bolt or roll will be heldsecurely and prevented from becoming unrolled. It will be evident thatin stripping the ribbon from the bolt or roll, the central bar B willalways slide beneath the second or adjoining layer of the ribbon and theside bar C will slide over it, while the side bar C will slide over theouter or loose layer of the ribbon.

If desired, instead of stripping off the ribbon by holding the clipstationary and moving the ribbon through it, the roll or bolt of ribbonmay be held stationary and the clip moved along the ribbon until therequired length has been stripped OK.

It is obvious that the construction here shown may be modified orchanged without bent to form two outer bars spaced apart and each havingone end releasably engaging said eye.

2. A device of the class described comprising an intermediate or centralbar having an eye formed at one end thereof, and two side bars formedintegral with and spaced apart from the central bar, said side barshaving free end portions releasably connected to the eye portion of thecentral bar.

3.; A device of the class described comprising a single wire bentintermediate its ends to form a central bar having an end eye portion,the strands of the wire being twisted into engagement opposite the eyeportion and then bent back and spaced apart to form side bars, said sidebars havingfree ends releasably engaging with the eye portion of thecentral bar.

4. A device of the class described comprising a central bar portion, twoside bars spaced apart from and integral with the central bar portionand releasably engaging at one end with the said central bar and holdingmeans on one of said bars.

5. A device of the class described comprising a central bar, and twoside bars each having an end portion releasably connected to one end ofthe central bar, said side bars spaced apart from and lying inapproximately the same horizontal plane with the central bar whereby oneor more layers of material may be clamped between the side bars and thecentral bar.

ALEXANDER L. KAHN.

Witnesses:

LAURA E. MUTH, SARAH SEMLEAR.

